- Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:47 am
#120851
Hi all,
I had a thought about this earlier in the day and was wondering if anyone has tried this.
In order to make my PCBs easier and quicker i was considering using an old cartridge and refilling it with acrylic based indian ink (like calligraphy ink). I should then be able to print direct onto my pcb and then heat using my panini press.
The theory is that the ink, being acrylic based will resist the etching process and provide very accurate pcbs with 2 small alterations to the printing method (filling the ink and rear feeding the printer). Heating would then help to embed the ink onto the copper.
Its basically a cheaper direct to pcb method without the need to buy a laser printer. (Also HP printers contain the head on the cartridge so removing for normal print is an added bonus). Any thoughts?
I had a thought about this earlier in the day and was wondering if anyone has tried this.
In order to make my PCBs easier and quicker i was considering using an old cartridge and refilling it with acrylic based indian ink (like calligraphy ink). I should then be able to print direct onto my pcb and then heat using my panini press.
The theory is that the ink, being acrylic based will resist the etching process and provide very accurate pcbs with 2 small alterations to the printing method (filling the ink and rear feeding the printer). Heating would then help to embed the ink onto the copper.
Its basically a cheaper direct to pcb method without the need to buy a laser printer. (Also HP printers contain the head on the cartridge so removing for normal print is an added bonus). Any thoughts?